Word of The Year

Word Of The Year

The word(s) of the year, sometimes capitalized as Word(s) of the Year and abbreviated WOTY or WotY, refers to any of various assessments as to the most important word(s) or expression(s) in the public sphere during a specific year.

Read more about Word Of The Year:  American Dialect Society (U.S.), Global Language Monitor, Germany

Famous quotes containing the words word and/or year:

    “Here lies our Sovereign Lord, the King
    Whose word no man relies on:
    He never said a foolish thing
    Nor ever did a wise one.”
    —John Wilmot, 2nd Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)

    “1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an Annus Horribilis.”
    —Elizabeth II (b. 1926)